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Nature and
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submission
By Chris Harrowell
EMMA McLellan is transform-
ing a keen interest in ecology and
the natural world into a chance
to win a prestigious annual art
contest.
The painter and printmaker is
one of 28 finalists in this year’s
Estuary Artworks competition,
held at Uxbridge, Howick’s crea-
tive centre.
In its eighth year, the mixed
media contest and associated
exhibition is staged as part of the
Arts Festival Out East creative
project, publicly funded by the
Howick Local Board.
It’s held yearly to raise aware-
ness of the Tamaki Estuary
tidal waterway and curated by
Uxbridge visual arts manager
Emma Topping.
The exhibition of finalists’
works opens at the public arts
centre in Uxbridge Road at
6.30pm tomorrow.
The competition’s supreme
award winner and runner-up
will be publicly announced, with
$9000 in prize money up for
grabs.
Judging the contest is Louise
Pether, special exhibitions man-
ager at Auckland Art Gallery in
Central Auckland.
Ms McLellan, who lives in
Grey Lynn, lectures at the Manu-
kau Institute of Technology’s
School of Visual Arts.
She hasn’t entered the Estuary
Artworks before, but one of her
former visual art students, How-
ick resident Penny Lin, won the
competition in 2009 and 2012.
“I looked at the Tamaki Estu-
ary and studied its mangrove
trees for several weeks,” Ms
McLellan told the Times, about
her preparation for the artist
competition.
“Mangroves are a strange tree.
They grow in coastal water and
are a hardy plant.
“They create an environment
for other creatures, and in an
interesting way are a bridge
between the land and sea.”
Ms McLellan’s contest entry is
a series of medium-density fibre-
board (MDF) panels, onto which
the mother-of-two has painted
and screen-printed images of the
Tamaki Estuary’s shell and plant
life.
The 42-year-old says it would
be nice to win the Estuary Art-
works competition, but she’s not
getting her hopes up.
“It’s always great to be a final-
ist,” says Ms McLellan.
“It’s a lottery, but it is nice
when you get recognition.
“It comes down to what the
judge is looking for and whether
they get a feel for your artwork.”
Ms Pether says the competi-
tion once again attracted a large
number of entries.
“I enjoyed seeing a wide range
of ideas, media and techniques,”
she says.
“I made an attempt to repre-
sent this diversity in my selec-
tion of the finalists.
“The range of artworks will
make for an interesting exhibi-
tion and create lively discussion
about the Tamaki Estuary.”
Ms Pether enjoyed whittling
down the entries into those com-
prising the exhibition of finalists’
work.
“I chose artworks that meant
the most to me, both in the con-
cepts they presented and how
well this came through,” she
says.
“The artists have taken some
risks with their media, whether
it’s subtle or bold, and I liked
that.”
The exhibition of work by
finalists in the Estuary Artworks
competition displays at the pub-
lic arts centre at 35 Uxbridge
Road, Howick, from this Friday
to April 24.
It opens at 6.30pm tomorrow
with the announcement of the
contest’s winner and runner-up.
The people’s choice award
winner is voted on by the viewing
audience and will be announced
next month.
Entry is free, and all works,
except for the supreme award
winner, are for sale.
Manukau Institute of Technology visual arts lecturer Emma McLellan is
one of the finalists in this year’s Estuary Artworks competition.
Times photo Wayne Martin